Oil and gas
10 reservoir engineering experts
These ten reservoir engineering leaders have run reservoir engineering for oil and gas operators, as reservoir engineering managers, heads and vice presidents. A reader can learn how oil and gas operators organize reservoir engineering work.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bhabesh Deka
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Reservoir Engineering · Reliance Industries Limited
Senior Vice President Reservoir Engineering at Reliance Industries Limited since 2022. Former Director Reservoir Engineering Shale Gas Business at Reliance Holding USA Inc (2012–2021) and DGM Reservoir Engineering at Reliance Industries Ltd. (2001–2012). The profile lists Deepwater Gas Condensate field development and Reservoir Management under the Vice President Reservoir Engineering role.
Doug G Peck
LinkedInExperience: Head of Reservoir Engineering · BHP
Former Head of Reservoir Engineering (2013–2018) and Practice Lead, Appraisal Excellence (2018–2022) at BHP. Head of Reserves at Woodside Energy since 2023, where the profile says Peck is accountable for oversight of reserve and resource estimates for the company, spanning assets in Australia, US Gulf of Mexico, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Deepwater Mexico and offshore Senegal.
Edgar Spiegel
LinkedInExperience: Reservoir Engineering Manager · PetroSantander Management Inc.
Reservoir Engineering Manager at PetroSantander Management Inc. since 2017, where the profile says Spiegel plans and implements field development and reservoir management optimization of all company fields in the US to improve economic recovery. Former Petroleum Engineering Manager at PetroSantander Romania S.R.L. (2011–2017) and Subsurface Team Leader & New Business Evaluation Leader at PetroSantander (Colombia) GmbH. (2016–2017).
Faye Suter
LinkedInExperience: Head of Reservoir Engineering - Permian · bp
Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering at Flywheel Energy, LLC since 2025 and Vice President of Reservoir Engineering there since 2025. Former Head of Reservoir Engineering - Permian (2020–2023), Head of Planning, Strategy, and Reserves (2023–2025) and Reservoir Engineering Team Lead (2019–2020) at bp.
Kevin Van Swearingen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager Reservoir Engineering · Apache Corporation
Senior Manager Reservoir Engineering at Apache Corporation since 2026 and former Manager Reservoir Engineering there (2024–2026), a role the profile lists as Reservoir Engineering Manager, Midland & Delaware Basin. Former Director of Engineering & Geo Technology (2023–2024), Director of Permian Operations (2023) and Asset General Manager - Eagle Ford (2020–2023) at Callon Petroleum.
Luis Figuera
LinkedInExperience: SVP Reservoir Engineering and Reserves Management · Mubadala Energy
SVP Reservoir Engineering and Reserves Management at Mubadala Energy since 2024, responsible according to the profile for providing technical assurance. Former Senior Reservoir Engineering Manager (2019–2024) and Lead Reservoir Engineer (2017–2019) at Mubadala Energy, and Senior Reservoir Engineer (EOR) at ADNOC Group (2013–2017).
Mark Pearce
LinkedInExperience: Reservoir Engineering Manager · Ridgewood Energy
Reservoir Engineering Manager at Ridgewood Energy since 2018, responsible according to the profile for reservoir engineering evaluation of exploration and development opportunities, including reserve analysis, surveillance and optimization. Former Reservoir Management Team Leader - Gulf of Mexico - Atlantis Field (2017–2018) and Senior Reservoir Engineer - Gulf of Mexico - Atlantis Field (2014–2017) at bp.
Mohamed Ezzat
LinkedInExperience: Head of Reservoir Engineer · KUFPEC
Head of Reservoir Engineer at KUFPEC since 2012, where the profile says Ezzat led multidisciplinary teams in the design and execution of data-gathering programs and reservoir monitoring for KUFPEC assets in Egypt and implemented reservoir management plans. Former Reservoir Engineering and Reservoir Modeling Manager at NOPC-RALLY (2010–2012).
Sam Perkins
LinkedInExperience: Chief Reservoir Engineer · ExxonMobil
Chief Reservoir Engineer at ExxonMobil since 2024. The profile also lists Reservoir Engineering Manager roles at ExxonMobil from Jan 2016 to Apr 2019 and from Sep 2004 to Sep 2010. Former XTO-Pioneer Integration Manager (2023–2024) and Technology Development Manager, Unconventional (2021–2023) at ExxonMobil.
Sarah Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Reservoir Engineering · Diamondback Energy
Vice President, Reservoir Engineering at Diamondback Energy since 2025. Former Reservior Engineering Director (2024–2025), Reservoir Engineering Manager (2022–2024), Reservoir Engineering Supervisor (2021–2023) and Senior Staff Reservoir Engineer - Business Development (2017–2021) at Diamondback Energy.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's asset type to yours, since unconventional shale development, deepwater fields and mature conventional fields call for different reservoir work. Also decide whether you need someone focused on reserves estimates and assurance or someone focused on field development and production optimization.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build and update reserves estimates, and how do you handle disagreements between internal estimates and outside auditors?
- 02What data do you insist on gathering early in a field's life, and how do you justify the cost?
- 03How do you decide between drilling new wells, working over existing ones or changing the recovery approach?
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